School: Urblereagh

Location:
Urbalreagh, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
M. D. Quigley
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1124, Page 207

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  1. Long before hurley, Association football or Gaelic football was played young and old used to amuse themselves by playing caman - a game similar to the present game of hurling.
    For this game they used a stick called a "caman" and a ball called a "nagg".
    The caman was made out of a stout hazel sapling, the end of which, when straight, was dipped into a pot of boiling chaff. This served to turn the point.
    Gorey, a rocky promontory lying near Malin Head was famous for suitable hazel saplings.
    The nagg was a little ball of hard wood and it was no bigger than a golf ball.
    Unlike the present hurley, the caman had no broad leaf.
    If a person were playing he had to hold the caman in one hand. The nagg was so small that
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Gerald Quigley
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Urbalreagh, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Michael Quigley
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Urbalreagh, Co. Donegal